Thousands of clunkers removed from Missouri roads

Cash for Clunkers appears to have removed about 13-thousand-600 to 17-thousand-500 gas guzzlers from Missouri’s roads.

The Obama administration says Missouri car dealers have submitted almost 61.3-million dollars in vouchers for reimbursement of the inventive given customers who traded in their clunkers for vehicles that get better fuel economy. The incentives were $3500 and $4500 dollars.

The White House media office says Ford SUVs,Pickup /trucks and minivans were five of the top ten vehicles traded in, nationally. Two Jeeps, two Chevrolets, and a Dodge minivan also make the top ten trade-ins.

They have been replaced by more than 400-thousand passenger cars and about 280-thousand trucks. The new vehicles get an average of nine miles per gallon more than the vehicles traded in.

Numbers from the White House Media Office as of yesterday:

Dealer Transactions

Number Submitted: 690,114

Dollar Value: $2,877.9M

Top 10 New Vehicles Purchased

1. Toyota Corolla

2. Honda Civic

3. Toyota Camry

4. Ford Focus FWD

5. Hyundai Elantra

6. Nissan Versa

7. Toyota Prius

8. Honda Accord

9. Honda Fit

10. Ford Escape FWD

New Vehicles Manufacturers

Toyota 19.4%

General Motors 17.6%

Ford 14.4%

Honda 13.0%

Nissan 8.7%

Hyundai 7.2%

Chrysler 6.6%

Kia 4.3%

Subaru 2.5%

Mazda 2.4%

Volkswagen 2.0%

Suzuki 0.6%

Mitsubishi 0.5%

MINI 0.4%

Smart 0.2%

Volvo 0.1%

All Other <0.1%

Top 10 Trade-in Vehicles

1. Ford Explorer 4WD

2. Ford F150 Pickup 2WD

3. Jeep Grand Cherokee 4WD

4. Ford Explorer 2WD

5. Dodge Caravan/Grand Caravan 2WD

6. Jeep Cherokee 4WD

7. Chevrolet Blazer 4WD

8. Chevrolet C1500 Pickup 2WD

9. Ford F150 Pickup 4WD

10. Ford Windstar FWD Van

Vehicles Purchased by Category

Passenger Cars: 404,046

Category 1 Truck: 231,651

Category 2 Truck: 46,836

Category 3 Truck: 2,408

Vehicle Trade-in by Category

Passenger Cars: 109,380

Category 1 Truck: 450,778

Category 2 Truck: 116,909

Category 3 Truck: 8,134

84% of trade-ins under the program are trucks, and 59% of new vehicles purchased are cars. The program worked far better than anyone anticipated at moving consumers out of old, dirty trucks and SUVs and into new more fuel-efficient cars.

Average Fuel Economy

New vehicles Mileage: 24.9 MPG

Trade-in Mileage: 15.8 MPG

Overall increase: 9.2 MPG, or a 58% improvement

Cars purchased under the program are, on average, 19% above the average fuel economy of all new cars currently available, and 59% above the average fuel economy of cars that were traded in. This means the program raised the average fuel economy of the fleet, while getting the dirtiest and most polluting vehicles off the road.

Requested Voucher Dollar Amount by State:

ALABAMA $31,251,500

ALASKA $4,868,500

ARIZONA $39,542,500

ARKANSAS $23,402,500

CALIFORNIA $326,822,000

COLORADO $37,676,500

CONNECTICUT $40,114,000

DELAWARE $11,235,000

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA $67,500

FLORIDA $146,565,000

GEORGIA $70,496,000

GUAM $675,000

HAWAII $7,333,500

IDAHO $11,655,000

ILLINOIS $143,613,000

INDIANA $65,797,000

IOWA $37,728,000

KANSAS $31,496,500

KENTUCKY $40,246,500

LOUISIANA $33,376,500

MAINE $16,579,500

MARYLAND $74,903,000

MASSACHUSETTS $64,855,000

MICHIGAN $132,407,500

MINNESOTA $73,160,500

MISSISSIPPI $12,463,500

MISSOURI $61,271,500

MONTANA $6,461,000

NEBRASKA $21,784,500

NEVADA $14,582,000

NEW HAMPSHIRE $23,045,500

NEW JERSEY $103,375,500

NEW MEXICO $13,941,500

NEW YORK $156,292,000

NORTH CAROLINA $78,601,500

NORTH DAKOTA $8,938,000

OHIO $136,267,000

OKLAHOMA $37,422,000

OREGON $37,531,500

PENNSYLVANIA $138,651,500

PUERTO RICO $2,252,000

RHODE ISLAND $10,690,500

SOUTH CAROLINA $37,207,500

SOUTH DAKOTA $10,367,500

TENNESSEE $50,949,000

TEXAS $183,776,500

UTAH $24,102,500

VERMONT $9,879,000

VIRGIN ISLANDS $1,553,000

VIRGINIA $98,523,500

WASHINGTON $55,927,500

WEST VIRGINIA $13,477,000

WISCONSIN $70,165,000

WYOMING $2,513,000

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